A police operation in Rio de Janeiro slums known as favelas aimed at “locating and arresting members of criminal groups” has left 10 people killed, according to local media reports ...

Damaged structures are seen during a police operation to demolish properties allegedly belonging to drug trafficker Alvaro ...

A large-scale deployment by the Police in various Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums) has left at least seven people dead after gunfights between law enforcement officers and suspected criminals ...

Brother Fabio preaches at a church in Santa Marta, one of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. What he means is that the citizenry of Santa Marta is part of a plan to clean up the hillside slums for the ...

Mario Azevedo, Chief of Police, 21st Police Precinct, Rio de Janeiro “Police institutions ... residents of one of Rio’s infamous hillside slums, or favelas, were killed. We also document ...

It’s that time of year in Rio de Janeiro: Carnival! Carnival in the Brazilian city has two sides: the street parties, known ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Novak Djokovic was in Rio de Janeiro ... Kuerten for the inauguration of the public court in the Rocinha slum, one of Latin America's largest. He will also face the former ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11 - Rio de Janeiro police demolished on Tuesday a facility they dubbed a "drug trafficking resort," which they said was used as a meeting point for drug traffickers in the ...